Billboard Insider readers by a 2-1 margin said they would run the Biden ice cream billboard on free speech grounds.  Here are a selection of comments:

A Southeastern Out of Home company executive

If the question is would I run this Ad.  I more than likely would not.  I do think it is a legit form of free speech.  No different than Satire.  I also think they needed a disclaimer of who paid for it.

A Southern Out of Home executive.

Yes if it had a paid tag on it and I knew from the beginning it wasn’t a hack.

Another Southeastern OOH executive 

You either believe in free speech or you don’t. This doesn’t incite a riot. It’s not like yelling FIRE! in a crowded theater. It is one persons take (actually a few more than that) on how the crisis in Afghanistan was handled. As someone who has been in the OOH industry for 20+ years and served in both the Marines and Army National Guard I have no problems with it.

A Texas based OOH executive

Free speech!! That’s what America’s all about.

An out of home executive with a sense of humor says this

The real crime is all that white background on a digital!  Yikes.!

Insider Note: A news update from WWAY3 noted that Tedder Outdoor Advertising, the operator of the billboard, says someone anonymously dropped off an envelope with money and instructions for the billboard inside.

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